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United States Patent | 5,295,318 |
Schaeff | March 22, 1994 |
A backhoe-loader with a undercarriage resting on wheels and comprising at its front end a loader structure with a loader arm and a loading bucket and at the other end a superstructure revolving 360.degree. , a driver cab is mounted to one side of the superstructure and on the other side next to the driver cab there are provided power units and a mounting pad pivotable about a vertical shaft for the horizontal pivot shaft of an excavator boom. The boom is positionable in a raised state with the dipper arm collapsed and the implement in a forward-pointing rest position above the undercarriage and outside the field of view of the driver cab. A front mudguard is present in front of the mounting pad and functions as a rest for the implement, the loader structure is mounted asymmetrically relatively to the longitudinal center axis of the undercarriage on the cab side of the undercarriage, and the rest for the implement on the front mudguard is widened toward the middle of the undercarriage.
Inventors: | Schaeff; Hans (Langenburg, DE) |
Assignee: | Karl Schaeff GmbH & Co. (Langenburg, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 916435 |
Filed: | July 21, 1992 |
Jul 24, 1991[DE] | 4124461 |
Current U.S. Class: | 37/379; 37/403; 37/410; 37/443 |
Intern'l Class: | E02F 003/76 |
Field of Search: | 37/103,118 R,80 R,1,379,403,410,443,411,347,466 414/722,727,686 |
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